this is "washington business report" with abc7 national correspondent rebecca a cooper. thanks for joining us or a fresh look at business and finance in the washington region , i am morris jones. how, a womanoday who broke barriers in her field in the 1980's to cree a business custom-mamade to solve problems, and government innovation. it is s not an oxymoron. we have the man that will tell us about national security and have easy entrepreneurs are stepng up. of ourthe conclusion interview with overstock.com ceo patrk earnrned. last week he tolus how his personal fend and mentor warren bufuffett guided him through his projects a successes. he also alluded to some of his beefs with wall street. more details into on his theories and how many people react to them. you are wearing a lot of hats. you are still very much running your company, a major company. you are an active philanthropist. you are a very active advocate here you are here in washington now to speak at a monetary conference here at the cato institute about your passion for digital currency, replacing the stoc

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here in the studio with us right now is rebecca cooper. she has written a book called "diets don't work." she's also founded rebecca's house, eating disorders and treatment program. and i have to say i agree, diets don't work. >> absolutely. absolutely. >> so tell me how you came up with the idea for the book. i think that you probably had an eating disorder yourself? >> yes. after years of recovery, i actually started working with people who had problems with -- at first it was more like yo-yo dieting and i realized that the devastation that's caused by the failed diets wias having a big impact on people's self-esteem, along with setting them up to get into disordered eating. i found out too that dieting actually changes the brain chemistry and some people progress into eating disorders. >> when did you recognize this in yourself? >> in myself, not until i had years of recovery, years of recovery did i start -- in fact a lot of this information is

the latest round of job cuts is said to be a strategic shift. rebecca cooper takes a closer look at that and what is behind livingsocial's decline, coming up in 30 minutes. >> a confession turns into a crime. i had to, video you have to see -- ahead, a video that you have to see. moments forrifying a bethesda teenager who was carjacked in a neighborhood. >> and a hollywood mystery. >> a nation watched in shock as a kidnapping was caught on tape. >> now to the terrifying abduction caught on video in philadelphia. the man accused of that crime will be transferred from baltimore county to richmond because weeks before delving barnes grabbed the woman off the heewalk in philadelphia, tried to kidnap a richmond teenager. jennifer donelan joins us live from towson. chese are horrific alekse accusations. >> details that are hard to report and read. we have a 22-year-old woman at home. the man was responsible is behind the jail -- is in the gel behind me. but we have a 16-year-old girl who lived through hell at his hands. after this video sunday night, a nation watche

this is "washington business report," with correspondent rebecca cooper. a thanks for joining us for special look at busiss a finance in the washington region. elections tuesday's and how the outcomes affect cal businessss. plus, this week cos rocket launch failure could hurt private spaccontcts. and goober taxi decision. taxi decision. first, we look at a northern virginia business makiking a big splash i in retail thanks to a hily creativstaff and geek culture being consided cool. experiencing is exponential growth. we sit down with the geek in chief, kathryn mccarthy. her country is growing by boldly going where no c company has g e before. welcome. talk about the genesis of the company. how did it get started? in 1999.mpany started was our 15th anniversary. it w started by people who had a passion for the internet. it was rare when the internet verse started. they wanted to sell products they loved and share it with others. in the beginning, it clearly was not the size it is today. it was part of a larger company that went public in 2000 as part of the.c

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a limp on his right side. contactnow anything, fairfax county, prince george's county, or metro police. rebecca cooper, abc 7 news. >> we turn to the weather now. dangerously cold temperatures seem to have a grip on the area. eileen whelan is here with the first look. >> the temperatures tomorrow will be higher, but still well below the average of 58. 38 degrees right now at reagan national, 34 outside of the belfort furniture weather center, 27 degrees in manassas. the clouds increasing the next several hours, but the overnight temperatures will pretty much stay steady where we are now, between 25 and 33 degrees. tomorrow, more clouds than son, cloudy and cool, highs in the upper 40's. the chilly rain moves into kickstart the work week. if you thought it could not get colder, it can and will by midweek next week. i will give you the seven day forecast coming up. thank you, eileen. a local surgeon who contracted ebola in sierra leone is back in the united states for treatment. at the nebraska medical center saturday afternoon. richard reeve reports he could be in worse condition than other patients tr

a white male. they are asking for the public's help with any information that may track down the suspects. rebecca cooper, abc 7 news. descriptions at george washington university campus. at uva, they have suspended activities at all campus fraternal organizations after an investigation into an article published in "rolling stone" magazine where a female student described being raped by seven men two years ago. they say it happened at a fraternity house. friend of the accuser said the victim did not report the incident to the police, but spoke to a university official. >> when she left the fraternity house that i and called friends, they recommended that she not go to the police. >> dozens of uva students and charlottesville residents held a protest in front of the fraternity house. uva president teresa sullivan issued a letter, saying the board will meet to discuss the allegations in the schools's policies and procedures concerning sexual assault. >> d.c. councilmember marion barry was released from howard university hospital tonight. his spokesperson would not reveal the nature of the illness. he check

is a personalized, family touch. >> rebecca cooper, abc 7 news. >> president obama and his daughters are also doing their part to help independently owned businesses. they purchased two bags of books at the bookstore in northwest washington. the president and his daughters shopped at the same store last year. today tonal tribute the maryland surgeon who died of ebola. theneral was held for doctor, gathered at st. mary's catholic church in landover hills. he lived in new carrollton with his wife and two sons, but he went back to his native sierra leone to work because the need for surgeons was so great. he decided to give back and sacrifice. means he was extraordinary. >> he was diagnosed with ebola on november 10. he was flown to nebraska for treatment but later died. for the firstly time since her now husband, nfl star ray rice, was cut by the ravens. the interview comes on the heels of rice's indefinite suspension from the league being overturned. that means that rice is free to sign with any team. she says she broke down in tears upon seeing this video. she said she did not talk t

i am guessing there are a lot of lawyers lining up here in virginia. rebecca cooper. >> it may be some time. thank you. the coverage continues tomorrow at 7:00 and then at 8:30 where you can watch a roundtable. we will analyze the results. we will have a streaming for you live as well. should tell you we are following breaking news out of northwest washington. >> sexual assault at georgetown university. who police are looking busyaffic at a intersection. i will tie you >> you are watching abc seven news at 11:00. electioncontinue coverage, we are getting word that the race for mayor has been called in d.c.. muriel bowser winning. >> let's go out to sam ford with reaction. >> obviously, the reaction is joy. a large crowd. to fitnted this place between 900-1200 people. muriel bowser, the mayor elect of washington dc. david contain yeah has conceded s conceded.ha she started in march of last year. she defeated the city mayor of sitting mayor of her own party and she continued. this race has been going on for a while. it appears to be over. d.c. has a new mayor named mur

a citation. rugged wearhouse is closed as they try to clean up from this very scary incident. none of theely, workers inside the store were injured. reporting live from gaithersburg, rebecca cooper, news. >> thank goodness for that, rebecca. thank you. a second straight day, a d.c. judge is now listening to arguments about whether the man chandra levy's trial.deserves a new defense eurg argues that a key witness gave knowingly false information. hearing is expected to last one more day, with a decision february. >> two young children missing for two months. but tonight the effort to find and jacob hoggle is getting a new push. josie is live in our newsroom to explain. >> family and friends of sarah and jacob hoggle hope a new fund will help drum up leads. they believe the children are alive. police, though, are less optimistic but still very focused on this case. >> my job as my children's father is to believe in my kids, believe in myself, and go police, though, find them, period. into hisnths children's disappearance, and troy turner's mission is unwavering. >> my babies are still out there. we still have to find them. are saying tips are drying up. today the victims' rights f

rebecca cooper, abc 7 news. >> some long days there are ahead of potomac. a hit and run to that killed a man on friday night. officers say that a man was driving a moped when he was struck by able to make an sedan. theas pronounced dead at scene. the driver left the car near the scene and ran off. anyone with information is asked to call the authorities there in fairfax county. man has made as threat against president obama. the secret service said that christopher bryant sent a threatening e-mail to the white house website filled with threatening language and threats of attack. secret service visited him at his home where he admitted to sending the e-mail. he does have a criminal past, back in 2007, he was sentenced in prison for strangling a woman in a rundle -- arandell county. he served a short and police term. police are trying to figure out what caused the gunfire near the verizon center on halloween. >> and intense high-level police presence outside the verizon center. >> it is scary. >> before we came out there were gunshots. dealing withns are the notion that a gunman would open fire at seventh and

across america are saying for new excuses to you just didn't have a chance to call your wife isn't quite today. as well rebecca cooper, abc 7 news. >> as you might imagine, this is generating hundreds of comments on the wjla facebook page. you can join the conversation right now. >> a simple change could reduce the number of potholes in the district. that woulde wonderful. the department of public works blades oning ceramic many of its snowplows. the new blades are easier on city streets. a third of the fleet has the new blades and coming up on 6:00, we'll tell you about a new debate over finding people who don't shovel their sidewalks. i guess this easily leads us to talk about the weather. up!undle >> yes. i don't think we have to have our shovels ready quite yet. certainly coats, gloves, everything else. so let's get started. littleake you on a adventure here by way of our weather bug camera. beautiful sunrise. through the day, temperatures climb but only into the upper 30's. there were periods of clouds and even a couple of snow flurries in that part of montgomery county. other parts of north central maryland. at

rebecca cooper. [caponed by the national captioning institute which is responsible for its caion content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] the is a lot to talk about this week. the gop says it is taking the president and obamacare to court. withesses side administration action on ininnovation, but want him to oo more. we will tackle it all in the roundtable. spotlight,l business tricks that work for you. this week, w we sat down with te of the mosted one recognizable names in online retail, overstock.com. edward burns is anything but your typical ceo. patrick burns is anything but your typical ceo. thanks for joining us. usually, i start by introducing someone as ceo and asking them immediately about business, that you are a little harder to quantify. overstock ceo, e-commerce pioneer, martial artist, three-time cancer survivor, virtual currency advocate, virtual stock market founder. about school choice, advocate for shelter pets, rren buffett protÉge. you are pretty hard to sum up. right now, what inspires you the most? >> for kids, first of all. that is all sound and. , signifying nothing. the sues that concern me most of all

a cold rain for us. >> thanks. for contemporary -- for continuing >> business news from the capital region. this is "washington business report" with abc7 national correspondent rebecca cooperich is responsible for its caion content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] the is a lot to talk about this week. the gop says it is taking the president and obamacare to court. withesses side administration action on ininnovation, but want him to oo more. we will tackle it all in the roundtable. spotlight,l business tricks that work for you. this week, w we sat down with te of the mosted one recognizable names in online retail, overstock.com.

a historic treasure. our facebook fans also oppose the move. share your thoughts and essentially has banished from headlines. rebecca cooper joins us with more on that and what is being done to protect americans from ebola now. >> this will still go down in history as the deadliest outbreak ever. the fears here in the united states seem to be subsiding. weeks it dominated the news. grabbing everyone's attention . >> president obama just spoke to reporters. mi catastrophic predictions. >> out of control, the ebola outbreak spreading fast. >> the media then seem to move on. hours from elections across the country. >> hospitals are still monitoring patients with possible symptoms. president obama laid out this as his first priority. ourunding to ensure doctors, scientists, and troops have the resources they need to combat the spread of ebola. .> we maintained a document haiti has become an another country placing a ban on travelers from western africa. here seems toear have receded along with the headlines. >> i think it was blown out of proportion. >> there is nobody in this country that has it. >> larissa evidence is there

cooperated, and as far as they know, nothing suspicious was uncovered. >>> and gas prices, down five cents in just a week. americans saving $275 a day since the summer. rebecca jarvis has the story. >> reporter: david, at these prices, the typical family is saving about $17 a week. or, $70 a month. across the country tonight, we're seeing the lowest prices in four years. $2.39 in richmond, virginia, $2.37 in southaven, mississippi, $2.36 in santa fe, new mexico. prices at the pump are dropping because oil prices are tanking. and better news ahead. they're expected to drop more by thanksgiving, the cheapest turkey time prices since 2009. one more thing to be thankful for. >>> now to pope francis announcing his first trip to the u.s. when and where? david wright is in philadelphia tonight. >> reporter: the man who has sought to put a friendlier face on the roman catholic church can expect a warm welcome in the city of brotherly love. a pope is coming to visit. pope francis. >> i know everything about it. >> reporter: the official purpose of the trip, attending the world meeting of families next september. >> this will be the largest event in the city's modern

rebecca cooper, abc 7 news. >> well, perhaps you prefer to get your thrills another way. how about walking on a tight rope between two buildings blindfolded? that is exactly what daredevil nik wallenda did late last night. he walked almost between two buildings alongside the chicago river with a blindfold 600 feet above the ground. that, by the way, was after he walked on another tight rope over the river. wallenda's steel wire was no wider than a nickel. winds were gusting at almost 30 miles an hour during that walk. >> there were people everywhere watching. >> could you watch that? >> no. not even on tv. >> the whole idea is to wait and see if this guy is going to die. crazy. >> nerve-racking. frpblt coming up tonight on abc 7 news at 5:00, here is something you should watch. family members lash out after a mother of three's body is found burned in what police now call a murder case. >> plus the legal ruling that could change how you secure your smart phone. why one attorney says the justice system is going too far. >> and two major auto makers face a massive fine. the accusations made agains

a great sunday. >> business news from the capital region. th is "washington business report" with abc national correspondent, rebecca cooper. >> thank you foriness and finance in the washington region. coming up today, what the midterms mean for the busiss counity. into thehould read layoffs at livingsocial, and numbeberslatest jobs tell the wholetory. can following your passion make you a cold -- earnrn you a cul following? man w whotalked to a atnded gw on a basketbal scholarshiand nt on to becomeme one of the biggest